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Chapter 6:

Angela 's eyes had widened at Brennan's odd behaviour. The thought of her family seemed to make her happy, which was a novum... normally thinking of her family made her kind of melancholic and usually only a wry smile appeared on her face. But now she was... smiling broadly??? Angela was confused.

"Bren? What... is it?" Angela asked, her curiosity taking over.

Brennan blinked, she seemed to have forgotten about Angela's presence. "Oh... sorry... Uhm."

'Okay,' she told herself 'you can do that. She is like a sister to you. You can tell her.'

"Angela... Booth and I... we... are a couple now." 'There! I said it.' She was proud of herself.

Angela gasped and for a moment her mouth just moved, without a single sound coming out. It looked funny enough to make Brennan chuckle. "Close your mouth, Ange... You've been telling me forever what a nice couple we would make."

"You are not making some kind of cruel joke, Brennan, are you?" Angela stammered after a moment.

Brennan shook her head. "No. It's not a joke, Angela. Booth and I... we love each other."

Angela's eyes widened. "Wow" She whispered, taken aback by Brennan's admission. "I was surprised enough by you telling me you are a couple... but the big L-word already... Oh, screw it, ALREADY... you waited forever... Oh, I nearly gave up hope, you know that? Bren, I am soooo happy. Since when? How was it?"

Angela had recovered pretty fast and had exchanged her surprised face and being speechless to an expression of curiosity and mischief, questioning her friend for details.

"Uhm... Angela... there's more." Brennan fought against the storm of her best friend's questions.

"More? What could top you and Booth finally jumping each other?" Angela exclaimed. She studied Brennan's face for a moment. "What? Do you want me to guess?"

Brennan sighed and shook her head, although there had been a certain temptation. Letting Angela guess would have meant fun and that she would not have to say the following words herself. But she had to. After all, she was going to have to get used to it.

"Angela... what I am telling you know, is the secret part, okay. You can't tell anybody... not even Hodgins."

She quietly said.

Angela hesitated for a moment, but nodded. "Okay. I won't tell... not even Jack."

Brennan drew in a deep breath and finally started to explain. "You remember the Hardwick-case, right? When Booth and I had to stay in that Motel in the middle of nowhere, I told you about?" Angela nodded and Brennan closed her eyes before she continued. "Booth and I we celebrated at the bar... and ended up in bed." She heard Angela's stifled gasp, but she kept her eyes closed. "It was ... wonderful, Angela. But... he told me he loved me... and I think we both feared it could ruin what we already had: our friendship, our partnership. So we... kind of suppressed the memories. We did not remember, we simply forgot. Until yesterday."

She opened her eyes to look at Angela, who was staring back at her, wide-eyed and obviously both surprised and confused. "How did you suddenly remember?" Angela finally managed to ask.

"I was feeling sick lately... so Booth insisted, that I had to see a doctor. I did and... Well, I am pregnant." Brennan whispered.

"Wow" Angela breathed and suddenly a huge grin appeared on her face. "Oh my god, Bren, a baby?" She hopped to her feet and quickly ran to her best friend to embrace her. "Congratulations, Sweetie"

"Thank you." Brennan whispered into her ear, hugging her tightly.

Suddenly Angela pulled back a little. "Hold on... you said you did not remember that you had sex. How did you ... remember? How did you know what happened? I mean...How did you know it had to be Booth's?"

"Well... " Brennan smiled. "I took the afternoon off yesterday... and I calculated and thought it all through. And there was no other explanation. The motel was deserted... only Booth and me."

"But you did not remember?" Angela asked.

Brennan shook her head. "No. I called Booth and he came over and I... told him. He was shocked, of course, but finally we figured out... that we both woke up in a shape that indicated that we had sex that night. In his room."

"My God... how did he react?" Angela asked, fascinated by Brennan's story.

"He was... very kind... and when we kissed, we suddenly remembered the night. And... well... I love him, Angela, and he loves me. And we are going to have a baby in April." Brennan summed up.

Angela hugged her again and whispered in her ear. "You can not possibly imagine how happy I am for you, Sweetie." Brennan smiled at that and the smile deepened, when she heard Angela's next words. "But, by God, Bren... can't you do anything the normal way?"

"Where would be the fun in that?" Brennan asked, chuckling.

Angela pulled back and looked at her incredulously. "A joke? Huh, pregnancy sure suits you, Sweetie... Wow...Pregnant. I still can't quite believe it. And ... how are you feeling? Morning sickness?"

Brennan frowned and nodded. "Yeah... unfortunately not only in the morning... But let's not talk about it... It's bad enough to experience it, I don't want to talk about it too."

Angela grinned. "Oh, this is going to be great. A baby. I can paint the room, it will look wonderful."

"Relax, Angela... the baby is not born yet. And you are the only person we are telling now... Because you are my best friend and you would have figured it out anyway... And you are the only one besides us, who knows for sure, that we have not been together until now. We want to announce that I am pregnant after the third month... So people have to think we have been together secretly for two months now. I don't want everybody to know how I ended up pregnant without knowing I had sex in the first place."

"I understand, Sweetie... and thanks for telling me and trusting me." Angela smiled at her. When she heard a knock at the door, she quickly pulled back from her friend, but relaxed when she saw who opened it.

"Hey." Booth greeted them almost shyly when he entered the office and closed the door behind him. "Finished?"

Angela's broad grin was answer enough. "Booth... I am so happy for you two... three." She winked at him. "Officially two, of course. But I already told Bren, you people have to learn to do things the normal way... you know... start dating, have sex, move in together, have children... not all mixed up."

Booth grinned back at her. "Would not be us, don't you think so?"

Angela moved towards him and hugged him too. "Congratulations." "Thank you, Angela."

"Booth..." Brennan interrupted them, a bit nervous. "Did you talk to Cam?"

He nodded. "She said she is happy for us." Brennan's face lit up suddenly. "Really?"

"Really." Booth smiled and closed the distance to her, taking her hand in his and pulling her into a tight embrace. "I told you it's going to be alright... Now I only have to tell Cullen."

She nodded and quickly kissed him on the lips. "Don't forget to mention you want to train the new agent, when you tell him that I am too busy to go chasing murderers with you."

"I won't forget." He promised and gave her another quick kiss. "I'll call you... and I'll be here at lunch time."

He gave her another encouraging smile and strode towards the door. "Bye Angela... and don't forget: we've been together for two months."

"Sure." Angela winked at him. "The rumour will spread in NO time... I'll make sure of it."

Booth waved a good-bye and left Brennan's office, closing the door behind him.

"You know," Angela said to Brennan. "You two look great together. But what's this about a new agent? And you are not going to go out with him anymore? Because you are together now?"

"No." Brennan shook her head. "Because I am pregnant... And until we tell people that I am pregnant we have to... lie. I don't like it, but it's the best solution."

Angela nodded, thoughtfully. This was like a conspiracy... and the one person, who loved conspiracies had to be left out: Her fiancé. She sighed... She did not want to have to lie to him, but it was Brennan's and Booth's decision... not hers.

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